Working with computer programs implies that a person is well versed in a particular software. Unfortunately, sometimes even elementary application commands cannot be mastered. For example, users often think about how to close an open tab in a browser. We will need to find the answer to a similar question further. We will learn how to work with the tabs of Internet browsers. All this will help to quickly manage with any browser, saving time.
Tab Actions
A tab is an open browser page. You can perform various operations with it. When thinking about how to close an open tab, it is important to be able to perform other actions with it.
Namely:
- open;
- restore;
- add to bookmarks;
- update;
- massively open and close.
All this should be able to do each user. Fortunately, similar commands are executed approximately the same in all Internet browsers. Therefore, the proposed instructions can be useful to every user.
Opening and updating
How to close an open tab? First, learn how to open pages and update them. Otherwise, there will simply be nothing to close!
To open a new page you need:
- Open a browser and click on the button (most often with a "+") located above the address bar.
- Press Ctrl + T.
- Click on the place where you want to open the RMB page, and then select the "New masonry" menu item.
These techniques work flawlessly. How to update the pages? The following recommendations will help:
- Press Ctrl + F5 (F5, Fn + F5) on the keyboard.
- On the active page, right-click on any location and click on "Update".
- Use the cursor to click on the button with the image of the twisted arrow. It is located near the address bar of the browser.
That's all. Now you can think about how to close recently opened tabs.
The simplest
To do this, it is not difficult to guess, is allowed by different methods. Let's start with the simplest action. It is applied in practice more often than others.
How to close a tab in Chrome? To do this, simply click the cursor (left button) on the image of a cross on a particular page. More precisely, on the tab. This control is located in the upper right corner.
Similarly, it offers to close only one tab. Which one? The one that the user decides to remove.
Keys
Close the last tab, like any other, is permissible using certain keyboard shortcuts. Secret combinations simplify working with the OS and its programs. And browsers are no exception.
To close the open active page, you will have to press Ctrl + W. In some browsers, the combination Ctrl + F12 is used.
Now it’s clear how to close the tab in Opera. This browser works with the combination "Control" + "Ef12". But the first combination here may work. In other browsers, it definitely works.
Mouse help
There is another rather interesting approach. It allows users to consider in more detail the process of completing work with some open pages. For its implementation, we need a mouse and cursor on the screen.
How to close an open tab? Click RMB on the selected page. In the menu that appears, just click the cursor on a command. It will be executed immediately, without confirmation.
What commands are proposed to execute in this way? For example:
- close current page;
- complete work with all tabs to the right / left of the selected one;
- close all open sites except the current one;
- duplicate the selected tab.
Fast, convenient and easy. This technique really helps. And even advanced PC users use it. After all, the key combination is not always known or takes place.
Recovery
We figured out how to close the tab (the last and not only). If the user did this by mistake, you will have to tackle the restoration of the mentioned control.
Best to do it like this:
- Open a new tab.
- Click on the tab of the RMB page.
- Click on "Restore closed ...".
A similar action occurs when you press Ctrl + Shift + T. Recovery is performed instantly.
All at once
How to close open tabs at a time? For example, if the browser already has many pages, provided that you need to get rid of them?
The fastest and easiest solution is to close the browser itself. Together with it, all open tabs will be closed if the browser does not save recent sessions. This setting is usually disabled.
It is proposed to close the browser by applying the following methods:
- click on the button with a cross in the upper right corner;
- click on the PCM launcher on an open browser and select the appropriate command;
- open the "Task Manager", go to the "Applications" section, select the browser and click on "Finish".
In fact, working with Internet browsers and with open pages is not the most difficult task. Even modern schoolchildren cope with it. Therefore, a lot of people know about these recommendations.
Summary
We figured out how to close recently opened tabs. The proposed manuals are relevant for computers, for almost all available Internet browsers.
In some programs for working with the network, you can set hotkey combinations to perform certain actions. The corresponding add-ons will be stored in the browser settings. This means that users themselves can set keyboard shortcuts to close, open and restore open websites.
In "Opera" you can set the settings for closing tabs by double-clicking on them. Shift + click on the desired page also works here.